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Novel Trimethoprim Resistance Gene dfrA49 Identified in Riemerella anatipestifer from China

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MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
卷 11, 期 2, 页码 -

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04747-22

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plasmids; Riemerella anatipestifer; dfrA49; trimethoprim resistance

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A novel trimethoprim resistance gene, dfrA49, was identified in Riemerella anatipestifer isolates from poultry farms in Jiangsu and Guangdong province. This study expands the knowledge of mobile dfrA genes that confer resistance to trimethoprim and provides insights into antibiotic resistance in R. anatipestifer.
Trimethoprim is a synthetic antimicrobial agent inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), which is encoded by the folA gene. Acquired genes that confer trimethoprim resistance due to mutations in the folA gene are designated dfr and divided into two main families including dfrA and dfrB. Resistance to trimethoprim is mainly mediated by the acquisition of mobile dfrA genes, and most of them were discovered in Enterobacteriales. A total of 139 Riemerella anatipestifer isolates were collected from different farms in China during 2014 to 2020. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and genome analysis of R. anatipestifer isolates revealed a 504-bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a putative dfrA gene. This DfrA variant shared 66.47% amino acid sequence identity with DfrA36 and shared <= 51.20% identity with any other previously identified DfrA proteins. The novel dfrA gene, designated dfrA49, conferred trimethoprim (TMP) resistance when cloned into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). Thirty dfrA49-positive isolates were identified from Jiangsu and Guangdong province (5/38, 13.16%, and 25/101, 24.75%, respectively). Five of the 38 isolates had obtained the complete genome sequences. Genomic analysis showed that the dfrA49 gene was located on chromosomes or a plasmid (four of them were on chromosomes and one was located on a plasmid). The plasmid p20190305E2-2_2 carried dfrA49, catB, ermF, ereD, bla(OXA) (88.36% identity with bla(OXA-209)), Delta arr, and tet(X18). Further research indicated that dfrA49 usually coexisted with catB in R. anatipestifer. In this study, a novel trimethoprim resistance gene, dfrA49, was identified and characterized in chromosome and plasmid sequences from R. anatipestifer using WGS and bioinformatic methods. It further expands knowledge about the pool of mobile dfrA genes that confer resistance to trimethoprim and provides information about antibiotic resistance genes in R. anatipestifer, where the resistance gene pool circulating is not well understood.IMPORTANCE Trimethoprim is a synthetic antimicrobial agent inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), which is encoded by the folA gene. Acquired genes that confer trimethoprim resistance due to mutations in the folA gene are designated dfr and divided into two main families including dfrA and dfrB. Resistance to trimethoprim is mainly mediated by the acquisition of mobile dfrA genes, and most of them were discovered in Enterobacteriales. R. anatipestifer belongs to the Flavobacteriaceae family, and the reservoir of dfrA resistance genes in R. anatipestifer has not been fully investigated. A novel trimethoprim resistance gene, dfrA49, which was identified and characterized in chromosome and plasmid sequences in this study, increased the MIC of TMP (>256-fold) in E. coli BL21(DE3). Our study expands knowledge about the pool of mobile dfrA genes that confer resistance to trimethoprim and broadens the understanding of the host spectrum of dfrA family genes.

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